Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	230% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 04:13
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 836 84% 685 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 50.7 44% 55.8 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 70.8 55% 67.5 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 66GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11322 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 661 (B1) Unknown 97 97 106 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 87 87 12218 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6480571026	101% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 371 Mixed 417 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.6 146% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 71.5 126% 248 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,287 Write 607 Mixed 1,073 288% 1,322 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 58.8 254% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 211 257% 451 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 353%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 717GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 81 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7379 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 206158954521 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	68.6% Good	Read 118 Write 121 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	217x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16